What's included in your ticket?

🔭 2.5 hours with a Scientist — live, interactive, no textbook

🍹🍟 Mocktail/munchies courtesy of Hylo

🎁 Entry into the growing community of kyurious minds in Mumbai

The Experience

🐾 PROWL • 30 min

Nobel prize games and trivia. No background needed, just curiosity.

🧠 PONDER • 45-60 min

An interactive talk with Suchith Mendon exploring the history and significance of the Nobel prize winning discovery in medicine.

🐈 PURR • 45 min

Get your queries answered from Suchith in this QnA session.

🐾 POUNCE • 15-30 min

Grab a drink. Meet a fellow curious mind.

The Theme for the Talk

This talk will explore optogenetics, a groundbreaking technology that uses light to control neuronal activity in the brain. Through the stories of the scientists involved, we will explore the fascinating journey from a fundamental question in algal biology to a technology that has transformed modern neuroscience and was recognised with the 2026 Nobel Prize.

The Speaker

Suchith Mendon is a Research Scholar at the Department of Biological Sciences at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. He is interested in exploring the role of life history in regulating psychedelic-mediated effects on emotional states.

📍 Hylo, Kala Ghoda

🕞 Sunday, October 25, 4:00 PM

🎓 Students — code STUDENT10 for 10% off. Valid ID required at venue.